The suspect entered Family Dollar Store on 57th Avenue around 9:25 a.m. Sept. 4 and pointed a firearm at an employee, demanding money from the safe, according to a news release from the Brooklyn Center police. No employees were injured and the suspect left with a large amount of cash.

“We haven’t been able to turn anything up,” said Richard Gabler, Brooklyn Center Police commander. “Were kind of … at a dead end.”

Gabler added that the suspect ran off with a “significant amount” of money.

The suspect is described as a black male with a skinny build, about 6 feet tall and possibly in his early twenties. At the time of the robbery, he had dreadlocked hair, a beard and was wearing jeans and a blue Nike jacket.

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